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Psychonauts

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4.7/5

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4.7

287 Reviews

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Psychonauts
Description
Delve into people's minds as Raz, a powerful young cadet at a psychic summer camp. While working on his merit badge in levitation, Raz discovers that someone is kidnapping psychic children and stealing their brains. To foil this evil plot and earn the title of Psychonaut, Raz must project himself in...
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Platformer
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Story Rich, 2D, Exploration, show 8 more... Classic, Great Soundtrack, Funny, Platformer, Third Person, Cartoony, Surreal, Psychological
Critics reviews
100 %
Recommend
IGN
8.7/10
GamesRadar+
8.9/10
Eurogamer
8/10
User reviews

4.7/5

( 287 Reviews )

4.7

287 Reviews

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Product details
2005, Double Fine Productions, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm), 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with Di...
Time to beat
12 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
21.5 h Completionist
14.5 h All Styles

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Description
Delve into people's minds as Raz, a powerful young cadet at a psychic summer camp. While working on his merit badge in levitation, Raz discovers that someone is kidnapping psychic children and stealing their brains. To foil this evil plot and earn the title of Psychonaut, Raz must project himself into the mind of one bizarre character after another to battle their nightmares and inner demons. He does all this while continuing to earn psychic merit badges in subjects such as telekinesis, clairvoyance and fire-starting.

This amazing 3D platformer adventure, full of brilliant humor, trippy setting, and surreal action, became famous for its originality and excellence of design. If you're looking for a unique gaming experience, this is a fine pick. More than just fine, as a matter of fact--double fine!
  • A brilliant story that will not let go of you until you finish the game
  • An absolutely unique atmosphere with a psychedelical level design by Tim Schafer's famous Double Fine team
  • One of the greatest titles of the platformer genre

©2005 Majesco Entertainment Company. All Rights Reserved

Goodies
manual (30 pages) artworks HD wallpapers avatars
System requirements
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Recommended system requirements:
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
12 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
21.5 h Completionist
14.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - Adventure - Platformer
Tags:
Adventure, Action, Story Rich, 2D, Exploration, show 8 more... Classic, Great Soundtrack, Funny, Platformer, Third Person, Cartoony, Surreal, Psychological
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
{{'2005-04-19T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Double Fine Productions / Double Fine Productions
Size:
4.1 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Cartoon Violence, Violence, Language, Crude Humor)
Game features
Cloud saves
Controller support
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
français
audio
text
Critics reviews
89
Top Critic Average
100 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
IGN
8.7/10
The first half of this game is easily one of the most enjoyable I've had in the past year. But as is the case with many humorous games, the laughs begin to fade in the home stretch and in the end Psychonauts started to wear on me.
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GamesRadar+
8.9/10
Inspired, delightful and at times bordering on the insane. Psychonauts is mind-blowing, however it's tricky at times and definitely not for kids.
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Eurogamerby Kristan Reed
8/10
What's unavoidable is the fact that almost all of the problems that weigh Psychonauts down are borne out of the legacy that the platform genre itself has, and Double Fine - like so many other developers - has largely been unable to avoid falling into the same pitfalls of inconsistent level design and unwise difficulty spikes. Dammit.
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Posted on: March 31, 2011

edweird

Verified owner

Games: 905 Reviews: 6

Bringing back the joy of gaming

Before scrapping and re-writing this review I had gone on and on in an overenthusiastic and hyperbolic way about how this game is a blinding beacon of originality and creativity and how it recalls the days when gaming sparked my imagination as a child by letting me explore the fantastical and impossible. Yada yada. Let me just boil it down to the fact that this is one of the most creatively designed games to have arrived in years. The level design alone pushes boundaries that most developers seem to have forgotten can even be pushed. It is clear that this game is a labor of love from people with genuine creative passion and incredible imagination, and it has made me feel incredibly strongly that we should buy this game numerous times from numerous outlets, for ourselves and all our friends, to support creative passion in our industry, and to send a message to Double Fine to release the rest of their titles on the PC (oh God, PLEASE). Watch a gameplay video on youtube or something, and if it looks like the sort of gameplay you could even remotely enjoy, buy it now. It's a real gem.

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Posted on: October 5, 2011

johnnyt471

Games: 175 Reviews: 3

psychonauts for $9.99? get this...

Possibly the best and funniest game I have ever played. Totally strange, hilarious, unique, addicting, and the greatest example of "video game as art" ever made. It is an absolute shame that this game wasn't very successful and the developers were devastated as it fell into obscurity. Do yourself a favor and buy this.

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Posted on: January 10, 2012

ender17

Verified owner

Games: 178 Reviews: 1

Fantastic

I wasn't sure about this game when i heard about it. I then saw someone playing it and slowly i felt that i would like this game, and i was definitely right. This is my favorite game of its type in a long time. would recommend to anyone.

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Posted on: February 13, 2012

spazbomb

Verified owner

Games: 533 Reviews: 3

Should you play this now.

Yes, yes and yes. You know its a classic or it wouldn't be on this page. When I was here I was asking, "So how does it play now a days." Now I can tell you. Just finished this and I was blown away by the story and constantly changing gameplay. Those elements have aged nicely. It's not so old that it breaks on newer systems, and up it to 1080p and it looks nice enough graphically. However, I quickly abandoned the poor mouse emulation and keyboard for an xbox 360 controller. A must.

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Posted on: March 22, 2012

Esett

Games: 109 Reviews: 7

If you own a PC buy this game NOW

I bought this game back in 2005 when it first came out. I have played it many times since than and it never gets old. It is just that good. Timeless graphics, amazing sound design, amazing characters. It is a sin that this game is not on every computer on the planet. As an extra incentive to buy, remember that right now Double fine owns the rights for publishing Psychonauts exclusivelly. So you need to buy this game so they can make money to make us more amazing games. Buy it. Best 10 dollars you will ever spend.

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